Song Length |
4:07 |
Genre |
Country - General |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Joyful, Glad |
Subject |
Love a Married Person, Relationship |
Similar Artists |
Tim Mcgraw, Blake Shelton |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
THE GREATEST GIFT
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JERRY STENGER (ASCAP)
Verse 1
I WAS JUST A BOY, AND YOU WERE A PRECIOUS GIRL
SINCE THE DAY WE MET, WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING MORE
AND WHEN MY LOVE FELT RIGHT, I ASKED YOU TO BE MY WIFE,
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
Verse 2
WHEN OUR BABIES CAME, IT WOKE A NEW KIND OF LOVE,
SOMETHING IN OUR HEARTS, CHANGED US FOREVERMORE
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE GROWN SO FAR APART,
FORGETTING THAT LIFES BEST, WHEN WE CONNECT OUR HEARTS,
CHORUS
THEN ONE DAY ON HER BIRTHDAY, MY BABY GIRL LOOKED UP AT ME,
AND SHE SAID DADDY, THERE'S ONE THING YOU CAN GET FOR ME
THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE YOUR LITTLE GIRL
IS TO LOVE HER MOMMY SO,
SO OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO THIS, TREMENDOUS GIFT FOR ME,
OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO THIS THE GREATEST GIFT OF LOVE.
SOLO
CHORUS
SO MY SON SAW HIS MAMA AND SAID, THERE'S SOMETHING HE NEEDS HER TO DO
TODAYS THE DAY YOU CAN MAKE ALL MY DREAMS, ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE
THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUR SON IS TO LOVE HIS DADDY SO,
SO OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO THIS TREMENDOUS GIFT FOR ME,
OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO THE GREATEST GIFT OF LOVE.
© 2012 Jerry Stenger (Music and Lyrics)